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L. M. DBVORE.

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Patented Sept. 11, 1888.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 389,451, datedSeptember 11, 1888.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEVI M. Dnvonn, a resident of Freeport, in thecounty of Stephenson and State of Illinois, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Curry-Combs; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains tomake and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in curry-combs, and is fullydescribed and explained in this specication and shown in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a bottom plan of acurry-comb embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a section of the samethrough the line x x, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section of the same throughthe line y y, Fig. l.

In the views, A is a iiexible back of leather, rubber, or other suitablematerial, and A is a handle secured to the upper face of the back, andpreferably at right angles to the line of its greatest length. On thelower face of the back are secureda series of rigid sections, B,preferably of cast metal, extending across the back in lines parallel tothe line of the handle A', and, like the handle, preferably transverseto the line of greatest length of the back. Each of the sections, asillustrated in the drawings, consists of two parallel side bars, L,joined at their ends by plates b', formed integrally with the side bars,and pierced with holes for rivets, by means of which the section isfastened to the back. A series'of thin webs, b", having their outeredges toothed or serrated, as shown, are formed integrally with the sidebars,b, and extend transversely across the space between them. The endsof the webs b project on either side beyond the side bars, and the.contiguous sections are so placed with reference to each other that theends ofthe webs of one section slightly overlap the ends ofthecorresponding webs of the next section. rIhe different sections areseparated by spaces sufficient to allow the bending of the back aboutthe lines between the sections, the Vface of the back on which thesections are fastened being inward and becoming concave when the back isbent; and it is evident that as the ends of the webs b proj eet outsideof the side bars, I), the space between the sections necessary to permitof such bending of the back is considerably less when the sections areoffset in the manner described than if they were so placed as to bringeach web in the same plane with the corresponding web in the nextsection. The necessity for making the back flexible in the mannerdescribed and the difference in the use of a ourrycomb having such aflexible back as compared with one having a rigid back are too evidentto require explanation.

The sections B may be considerably varied in form without changing theiruse, the manner of their application to the back, or the operation ofthe completed curry-comb. It is evident that the base of each of thesections, instead of being a skeleton base consisting of the side bars,b, and the cross-plates b', may be a solid plate, on which the webs bare cast directly; but the form shown and described operates equally aswell as one having a solid base, and is considerably lighter andcheaper. The sections may, if desired, be made of sheet metal, thetoothedwebs b" being struck np from the sheet which forms the base; butI. am satisfied from my experiments with both forms that the cast-metalsections are as effective as those made of sheet metal, and are somewhatcheaper to manufacture. The teeth of the webs shown in the drawings areordinary saw-teeth, having the same bevel on both sides. The form ofthese teeth is, however, not essential, the only object to be attainedheilig the providing of the sections with projections of such number,size, and sharpness as will mal-:e the currycomb operative andeffective.

Having now described and explained my invention, whatI claim as new, anddesire to se cure by Letters Patent, isM

l. In a curry-comb, the combination of a flexible back,a loop or handlefastened to and extending across the upper face of the back, and aseries of sections fastened to the lower face of the back in linesapproximately parallel to the line of the handle, and provided withteeth arranged in lines transverse to the line of the handle,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combinatiomwith the back A, of the rigid parallel sections B,fastened to the back, each of said sections consisting of a baseplateIOO and a series of transverse Webs formed inteetedto thepbackndtrzinsverse webs b, formed grally with the base-plate and having theirintegrally with the side bars and having their exposed edges formed withteeth, substantially edges serrated, substantially as and for the as andfor the purpose set forth. purpose set forth. 15

3. The combination, with the back A and the In testimony whereof I havesi gned this specihandle A', fastened to the upper face of `the fieationin the presence of two subscribing witback, of the rigid metal sectionsB, fastened to messes. the lower face of the back in lines parallel withLEVI M. DEVORE. the handle A', each of said sections being madeVitnesses:

up of parallel side bars, b b, end plates,b, connecting said side barsand Vadapted to be riv- R. H. WILEs, WALLACE

